Word: drumsheugh
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...more frequent contrast of the comic and some such centering principle as that of "A Window in Thrums." Maclaren's pathos on the other hand is indescribably quick, poignant, and as the French say-saisissant. And if all his two volumes were on the same level with "Doninie," "Drumsheugh's Love Story," and "A Doctor of the Old School," here would be work that would surpass Mr. Barrie's best. As it is, these three sketches-said Mr. Copeland-and "A Window in Thrums" far exceed any imaginative prose writing in Lowland Scotch since the author of Meg Dods, Edie...
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